Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07
DALLAS.
4 Serious disease Breaks Out Among
Hags in Butcher Pens Causing
Falling OF the Market
Two Safes Burglarizsd and Money Stolen
The Crazy Wueiclan-Nir. Gibbs
Como to Auztin.
SPECIAL to the Gazette.

| Special TO the Gazette.
| DALLAS, TEX, Jan. 1.-TWO safes were
blow open and burglarized in this city
by professional cracksmen last night. One
| in the wholesale hardware house of Nolan
/ & Smith, was relieved of S120 in cash and
considerable paper collateral. A large
amount Of fine cutlery was also taken.
The other, in the saloon of John Keller,
1884 Elm street. was rified of $40 in
m ney and valuables that had been de-
posted A lot of liquors and cigars were
also carried off. In both instances q
small hole WAS drilled in the safe door to
the left Of the combination lock,
ana then the latter broken Off by blows
from mut1led hammer, when the door
was easily opened
Lieut.. Gov Gibbs and several members
of the egisl2i IRE from North and North
east Texas left for Austin tonight, to be
in attendance at the opening OF the
Twentieth legislature on the llth inst.
The county surveyors of Dallss,
Tarr2nt end Ellis counties, after running
q number OF lines ia the past three years
to establish the correct boundaries be-
/ tween Dallas ana Tarrant on the west
ana Dallas and Ellis on the east, have
failed TO reach an understanding
ami LETT the matter still in dis
pute. Dallas county claims i consider
able strip of territory from what now
constitutes both Ellis and Tarrant
courties, which these latter deny the
| right Of Dallas county. As there appears
10 be 10 prospect of compromise salts
| factory to all parties the county Of Dallas
has instituted suits in the state district
court of Collin county against Tarrlnt
and Ellis counties, and have engaged the
| Law firm OF Ward & Watts to defend and
represent her interests. The cases will
| be of more than ordinary importance
when tried, as some very complicated
| features are said to be em5o lied.
! An exceedingly fatal disease has broken
out and existed for several days past
among hogs at the Dallas slaughter
houses. "A great many hogs have died,
and number are still sick. The nature
OF the disease has not yet been fully es-
| lablished, bus stOck.yards men incline to
the belief that it is principally attribut-
able 20 The changed conditions OF the ami
mails from the ranches to the slaughter
house pens, the hogs apparently not be-
ing able 10 stand the fare, climate and
housing in the new quarters. One of the
res ults has aeen hatteniEgof the market
and loss Of cent per pound in the
price of hogs within the past week.
Sheriff Wash RyhErn of Ellis county
arrived this morning and took charge of
Harry G. Wise, the insane mus;cisn,
who locked The two bell-b0ys up in
room at the windsor hotel and scared
them so badly. It was only few days ago
that his friends observed that his mind
was unsettled. He had organized an
orchestra at Fort Worth, and being him
self master musician was doing good
business until his mind began to fail.
His hobby is that he Is going to tske his
orchestra TO Eu-ope and make an i'm
mense fortune. He is about thirty years
old end a single man. He formerly lived
in this city.